Saturday, July 17, 2004

News

Stolen Children Returned to Parents: Nine children who once were abducted and sold were returned to their parents in Dongguan, south China's Guangdong Province. The abductees—between two and six years old—were identified by DNA tests before they were returned to their parents.

China simulates Taiwan invasion: China is reported to have begun military exercises simulating an invasion of Taiwan. The annual drills—involving 18,000 troops on the island of Dongshan—are intended as a further warning against moves towards formal independence by the self-governing island Beijing claims is part of China.

China offers parents cash incentives to produce more girls: China is offering to pay couples a premium for producing baby girls to counter an alarming gender imbalance created by the country's one-child population control policy.


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